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"So, she leaves. She skips class. She calls in sick to work. She listens to [her boss] tut at her over the phone." instead of firing her ass? ino i just took enormous mental damage from the seance scene but no. this is not how jobs work. this is not how anything works. i am trapped like the MPDG ghost but instead of on a subway, it's in this ridiculous hellscape of a novel
— Sep 14, 2021 11:51AM
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how is the MC paying for college? is this a question that will be answered? my zero sympathy for this quirky hipster nonsense is draining into the negatives. i'm aware i'm not even 10% through.
— Sep 13, 2021 05:29PM
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wait, you mean bosses aren't just sorta work parents who want you to succeed and are disappointed when you skip school? GASP
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i take it back, i'd rather scream into the void about this elementary school understanding of how jobs work than have to read about vaguely described yet extremely unhygienic subway sex
just imagine the rats that scurry around (per one of August's own previous comments) through the cars and you'll be fine! it's like having pets!
i'm going to assume since they straight up say jane can eat and drink but never has to go to the bathroom that she also doesn't instantly give august a UTI during the 'masturbation in front of a packed subway of cars' thing(you're gonna be like, no, that 5 pages of breathless purple prose was ACTUALLY describing a wholesome puppet show they put on and I'M gonna say that's why if you're going to write a sex scene you should use the sex words so i don't have to put up a red string murderboard to figure out what's going on!!!)
ngl, the whole sex in a crowded subway car while other people are just trying to go about their day was so gross. you can't finger someone under a jacket without someone noticing. no one is that subtle! people notice! they just have to pretend they don't because your inconsiderate ass is making them uncomfortable.it's also one of those... the other passengers didn't consent to being a part of what gets you off, since part of the thrill is the fact that you're in public. and that's kinda icky in its own way.
but you're the main characters, i guess, so who cares!
lmaooooo you KNOW how i feel about these things. it's like the references to listening in on the other roommates' having sex. ok. why are you quoting their sex words back at them, implying you spent a little too much energy listening in, is it just me or is this bad roommate etiquette. also weird.
i guess we're so sex-positive in this house that no one needs or wants privacy! and also niko and myla are basically one person with the same preference in this regard! #diversity! #couplegoals!
i YELLED at the part where they're like "oh no even if we get married we'll stay in this apartment in arrested development forever, codependent (THE ACTUAL WORD USED) besties 5eva!!!" oh honeys. ohhhhh babies. that's... they're so..... twentiesOR it's the chemicals in the shipping pallets
fearing change in your and your friends lives is a good thing, actually, the book. myla and niko referring to august and wes as their children is also... no thank u.
